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Whether you’re an internet power user making daily financial transactions or a casual emailer who only signs on to check the news, digital protection is pretty much a necessity these days. A virtual private network, or a VPN, can make participating in the digital world much safer, and some of the best VPN services offer a free trial. Among them is an IPVanish free trial, which is a great way to test out the VPN’s services all on its own, or even to compare it with some of the best VPNs for streaming. IPVanish is…

Getty Images/Westend61The European Commission has proposed cyber-resilience legislation which could lead to cybersecurity labels and penalties for device manufacturers with shoddy cybersecurity features and practices. The proposed law covers hardware and software of "products with digital elements" sold in the European Union and connected to any network. The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) proposal covers most network-connected devices except medical devices for human use and excludes "free and open-source software…

European governments are increasing spending to shield households from surging energy prices driven by Russia’s economic war, but that comes amid rising borrowing costs and mounting investor unease about swelling sovereign debt in some countries.To date, the European Union’s five largest economies have announced support for households, and less costly help for businesses, totaling €203 billion, around $201 billion. The measures might keep millions of people from sliding into poverty—and thousands of businesses from going…

Gravity Rush is gearing up for a movie adaptation. As per Deadline, Sony's PlayStation Productions unit and Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions are developing a live-action adaptation of the 2012 Japanese sci-fi action video game. Anna Mastro (Secret Society of Second Born Royals) is attached to direct from a screenplay penned by Emily Jerome (Panopticon), her second writing gig. The Gravity Rush movie joins the ever-growing list of PlayStation titles set for a screen rendition, including The Last of Us, God of War, and…

Lara Croft and Tomb Raider are in limbo after MGM lost the rights to the franchise and Alicia Vikander is no longer attached to the role.MGM reportedly missed the window to greenlight a Tomb Raider sequel, meaning the franchise is up for grabs.Citing insiders, The Wrap reports that the sequel is now a complete reboot, because the project that was initially going to be directed by Lovecraft County creator Misha Green, starring Vikander, is dead.Multiple Hollywood studios are now involved in a bidding war to win the rights…

In a first, surgeons have successfully attached a pig's kidney to a human and monitored the pinkish organ function normally for more than 50 hours. They hope this breakthrough could address donor organ shortages for life-saving transplants one day. While complex medical procedures similar to this have been done before on primates, it's the first time a pig kidney has been transplanted to a human body and not been immediately rejected. The surgeons tried the procedure in a brain-dead recipient, meaning the person was…

Source: Adam Oram / iMore When it comes to iPhone accessories, one of my must-have essentials ever since the iPhone 12 has always been MagSafe. Those magnets are magical, and allow you to charge up your iPhone, get a better grip on it, have a hands-free stand, or even hold your cards, all without cables or adhesive. And right now for Prime Day, one of my absolute favorites, the Anker MagGo 633 Magnetic Wireless Charger with Detachable Portable Charger is on sale at its lowest price yet, $84 at Amazon, making it a…

The “Fallout-style RPG” that New Blood Interactive CEO Dave Oshry briefly teased last week involves personnel that Fallout fans will be familiar with. New Blood Interactive spoke mostly about its existing games during Summer of Games 2022, but Oshry did tease a few upcoming projects that the studio is working on. These projects include a “top-down shooter” that looks reminiscent of Hotline Miami, a car combat game, and finally the aforementioned “Fallout-style” RPG. Up next, @DaveOshry breaks it all down and gives some…

Johnny Depp got a big win in his highly publicized and antic-filled defamation trial with ex-wife Amber Heard. At the center of the six-week trial was a 2018 op-ed written by the actress and published in The Washington Post, and since a jury found Heard guilty on three counts of defamation — awarding Depp $15 million in the process — the media site has added a long Editor’s Note to the original opinion piece, giving necessary context to future readers.Over the course of six weeks, a jury was tasked with deciding if Amber…

A sequel to the mockumentary This is Spinal Tap is in the works with the original director and cast.Spinal Tap II will see Rob Reiner return as both film-maker on and off the screen along with Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest. The film will be released in 2024 on the 1984 original’s 40th anniversary.“I can tell you hardly a day goes by without someone saying, why don’t you do another one?” Reiner said to Deadline. “For so many years, we said, ‘nah.’ It wasn’t until we came up with the right idea how to…